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Pew Report: How Residents in Five States View Fiscal Priorities for State Government
Residents across five diverse, fiscally stressed states have similar priorities for state government, but their preferences clash with budget reality, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States and the Public Policy Institute of California. more
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Pew Identifies States, Like California, in Fiscal Peril
A report from the Pew Center on the States shows that some of the same pressures that have pushed California toward economic disaster are wreaking havoc in a number of other states, with potentially damaging consequences for the entire country. more
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Wisconsin Governor Didn't Get the Solution He Spent His Political Capital On
In all that has been written and spoken about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, public employees and their pensions, the two words that might provide the most insight have yet to be uttered: Joe Smith. What does a journeyman professional basketball player have to do with the political crisis that has dominated news for much of the last two months?
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States' Revenue Forecasts Increasingly Off-Base
Revenue forecasts made by America's state governments are increasingly missing the mark, a trend that is aggravating political, fiscal and social pain as most of the 50 states grapple with budget shortfalls, according to two leading think tanks. more
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A Tax Cut May Carve Into the Budgets of 19 States
Struggling states could lose as much as $5.3 billion in tax collections during the next few years in an unintended consequence of one of the lower-profile federal tax cuts that President Obama signed in December 2010. more
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Higher Taxes Wouldn’t End Some Deficits
As state governments struggle with the fiscal damage caused by the recession, an income tax increase has become a rarely used remedy. Governor after governor has publicly forsworn the prospect of raising income taxes, preferring to talk layoffs and cuts in programs and public union benefits.
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Recession-Bruised States' Revenue Sank 30 Percent in 2009, Census Bureau Reports
The recession blew a huge hole in the already shaky finances of state governments, causing them to lose nearly one-third of their revenue in 2009, according to a Census Bureau report released Wednesday. The severe drop in revenue resulted largely from the big investment losses experienced by state pension funds during the worst period of the downturn.
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